lmao...deliverance country huh?
did you grease the bearing in the back of the smog pump? fyi, Jim's idler pulley/smog replacement is $100
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lmao...deliverance country huh?
did you grease the bearing in the back of the smog pump? fyi, Jim's idler pulley/smog replacement is $100
yeah, I've greased everything i can, then regreased the grease when that didn't work. $100 doesn't sound bad at this point. somebody take my money please! thanks again
JimC is Jim Chenoweth aka FJ40Jim (the guy that responded a couple responses ago.) His contact is in his sig. I'm sure he has more or can make one up, they are pretty simple pieces of equipment.
just want to say this is a great thread! I am almost done with my de-smog and will post pics when I have it buttoned up for verification and for reference. Good luck to those with the big headache.
Is there any reason why the green VTV on the carb would not be needed? Mine was rebuilt by Mark and does not have a VTV on it. Cant remember if it had it before i sent it out or not.
I want to say that the green VTV mounted on the carb is for the CO system ( choke opener ) which opens the choke if the operator fails to do so after starting the engine. It prevents flooding the engine.
Do you need it? Only if you neglect to push the choke in one notch after starting the truck.
Someone correct me if that's not the CO system. I don't have an emissions manual in front of me.
Sorry GLTH, just read this. Theres so much info in this thread I find something new each time I read it. SOA looking good BTW!
CB not CO, sweet. Thanks by the way!
I was wondering if you guys could take a gander at my desmog to make sure I havn't missed anything. I'm pretty sure all I have left is the dizzy re-curve. No HAC or AC idle up. Green wire mod so fuel cut port on carb plugged. EGR system completely removed with PCV pipe mod. and block off plate for where the old EGR pipe came off the exhaust manifold. Also removed and capped the tube that went to the down pipe off the manifold. I just used metric bolts to plug the air rail ports for now. The old gas filter was removed from the manifold and I tapped the hole for an 1/8" barbbed NPT fitting for the line to the VCV. I also bought some of that silicon tubing off McMaster Carr and really liked it so I will be buying some more to replace the rest of what I have left.
Looks good I think! How do you recurve the dizzy?
I was just going to send it to Jim eventually. How do you like that header?? I was thinking of that next.
Love the header. Two things, order a fluid heat riser at the same time and make sure you properly coat the header. Rust is always the enemy.
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allright. after reading this all the way through (thanks everyone except that one dude's brother!) over the last 3 hours...i...think..i am going to attempt this.
just got an '84 FJ60 (hurray), after selling my '76 fj40 (desmogged by p.o) a week ago (sob, sniffle), and noticed in the fj60 p.o.'s records that the smog pump has been replaced TWICE in the last 10,000 miles. i am wondering why, although i may not need that answer here soon.
my ex-fj40 (desmogged) had mucho, mucho more torque and horses than this fj60...gonna go out on a limb and guess that the FJ40 had a good 15 or 20 more horses than this smogged fj60. the gas pedal was way more reactive, and i actually think that the accel lag on this fj60 is similar to an EFI lag...kind of a wierd concept.
i am wondering how much of this desmogging can be done while still having the vehicle in a driveable condition. i also have a subaru to save on gas...but the cruiser is tempting, just sitting there in the gravel...with so many hundreds of miles of dirt and rock around my house...
questions:
1) what can be done first? it seems that i can go after the smog pump devaining. can someone please explain this procedure?
2) seems i can move to the EGR assembly, and cap off both ends.
3) what next? i think that i will leave the distro recurve for last, along with the manifold block off plate.
= i am wanting to keep the HAC, and A/C idle-up doohicky=
fowldarr, trapper...what did you guys start with?
this will be the neverending story of desmogging by the end, as i will be one of the next ones to take the plunge here in the next month or two...
peace, love, & 'cruisers
just got an '84 FJ60 (hurray), after selling my '76 fj40 (desmogged by p.o) a week ago (sob, sniffle), and noticed in the fj60 p.o.'s records that the smog pump has been replaced TWICE in the last 10,000 miles. i am wondering why, although i may not need that answer here soon.
my ex-fj40 (desmogged) had mucho, mucho more torque and horses than this fj60...gonna go out on a limb and guess that the FJ40 had a good 15 or 20 more horses than this smogged fj60. the gas pedal was way more reactive, and i actually think that the accel lag on this fj60 is similar to an EFI lag...kind of a wierd concept.
i am wondering how much of this desmogging can be done while still having the vehicle in a driveable condition. i also have a subaru to save on gas...but the cruiser is tempting, just sitting there in the gravel...with so many hundreds of miles of dirt and rock around my house...
questions:
1) what can be done first? it seems that i can go after the smog pump devaining. can someone please explain this procedure?
2) seems i can move to the EGR assembly, and cap off both ends.
3) what next? i think that i will leave the distro recurve for last, along with the manifold block off plate.
= i am wanting to keep the HAC, and A/C idle-up doohicky=
fowldarr, trapper...what did you guys start with?
this will be the neverending story of desmogging by the end, as i will be one of the next ones to take the plunge here in the next month or two...
peace, love, & 'cruisers
I ordered/lined up all my parts first (idler pulley, vacuum lines, vacuum port caps, air rail plugs, aircleaner port caps, bvsv2 plug for the thermo housing...and a power steering pump to replace the one going south) Then I dove in. Removed the air cleaner assembly and started tearing stuff out. I followed the schematic and diagram, removed all the lines, air rail, smog pump, egr stuff ( i left the cooler on until I was doing the exhaust/intake gasket at which point I plated it off at the back of the manifold and removed the downpipe and egr cooler) I obviously deleted the HAC as I am always above 4300ft. I didn't get it right at first but just posted up pics and corrected until it was done. JimC was invaluable in indentifying any problem areas and the "kit" he sent had the idler pulley, air rail plugs, aircleaner caps and bvsv2 plug. I accidently threw away the "gas" filter, which is a three pronged vacuum port on the intake manifold (in front of the carb) so I had to fab something up for the line that comes of the passengerside vcv that evacuates the dizzy cap vapor.
All in all, I was very lucky, I had a good friend and cruiser mentor, Steve Powers, and the guidance of this thread (and specifically JimC) to help me....thats how I got it done.
All in all, I was very lucky, I had a good friend and cruiser mentor, Steve Powers, and the guidance of this thread (and specifically JimC) to help me....thats how I got it done.
From what I can tell, it looks good but I could use some shots from further back to track the lines. I like the rubberstopper plugs on the aircleaner, good solution.
Thanks Trapper50cal, your pics were very helpful during this process. I will post better ones of mine in the next couple of days.
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has anyone heard of anyone using the bracket where the smog pump mounts to, to attach a second smaller alternator to run accessories and a dual battery set-up?
this would be awsome as you could eliminate the smog pump and eleminate the need for adding an aftermarket pulley in that location...and add as many Hellas as you need!
this would be awsome as you could eliminate the smog pump and eleminate the need for adding an aftermarket pulley in that location...and add as many Hellas as you need!
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Trapper, what brewery do you work at in Durango? I just moved from there last summer...was wheeling the san juans for 6 years!!!
Do you know JT at Steamworks? He used to have that jacked FJ55, blue and white with the exxon tiger sticker, that he traded for the BUILT fj60 in tan?
Do you know JT at Steamworks? He used to have that jacked FJ55, blue and white with the exxon tiger sticker, that he traded for the BUILT fj60 in tan?
